Improvement in land-mabkees



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Land Marker.

Patented Sept. 22, 1868.

MFETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMEH. WASHMGTON, D c.

WESLEY L. B OWER, 0F JOLI'E'I, ILLINOIS.

Letters Paten: No. 82,282, ma September 22, i868.

IMPROVEMENT. IN LAND-MARKERS.

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Be it known 'that I, WESLEY L. BOWER, of the town of Joliet, in Will county, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement on a Land-Marker; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being'had to therann'exed drawings, making a.A partei' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the top, and

Figure 2 a side elevation of the same. I

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of any number of marking-wheels, with 4a Xl-shaped periphery in a hinged or jointed'frame, so that the whole machine may accommodate itself to the uneven surfaces of th'c ground, as shown in the figures.

Fig. l shox'vs the main frame, a, provided with the wheels e, andat either end with the frame e hinged thereto by means of the rods o, at the ends of which marking-wheels e are attached, as shown.

It will be seen that by means of the frame being hinged, as described, either of the marking-wheels e may be allowed to pass over obstructions without interfering with the others, as shown in fig. 2.

Resting on the frame c is the upright frame z', in which hangs the swing-seat m, o n which the driver` sits. This seat. swings from the cross-bar of the frame z' by the rods '12, and allows free play'to all the parts. By

thus. arranging vthe seat, the weight of the driver.is placed on the two outer wheels, so as' to more eifectually Y hold them down to their work. l Y

By taking out the seat m, thc two outer frames, c, ,with their marking-wheels, may be folded over` on to the main framc,la, so as to make it easy to-go from place to place, or go through a narrow gate or bars,

By the use of wheels instead of runners, as in the old way, the machine is made to run very easily, and is very handy to turn round, besides making a very much'better and plainer mark.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows: Y

I claim the vcombination of the swing-seat m and upright frame with the hingedl frame c, vall arranged and operating as and for the .purposes set forth. I

WESLEY L. BOWER.

Witnesses:

Tiros. H. HU'rcIIINs, F. L. CAGWI'N. 

